An interesting article from Bloomberg after that antitrust win. It's
extremely rare for a major US corpo to be found guilty by a US court. It seems the DoJ is getting serious about this.
US Considers a Rare Antitrust Move: Breaking Up Google
*Antitrust enforcers soliciting input from outside companies
*Judge ruled Alphabet unit monopolized online search, ads
A bid to break up Alphabet Inc.s Google is one of the options being considered by the Justice Department after a landmark court ruling found that the company monopolized the online search market, according to people with knowledge of the deliberations.
The move would be Washingtons first push to dismantle a company for illegal monopolization since unsuccessful efforts to break up Microsoft Corp. two decades ago. Less severe options include forcing Google to share more data with competitors and measures to prevent it from gaining an unfair advantage in AI products, said the people, who asked not to be identified discussing private conversations.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-08-13/
doj-considers-seeking-google-goog-breakup-after-major-antitrust-win
Just to put this antitrust win in perspective:
The judge's decision was historic, as it was the first time an American company was found guilty by an American court in the past 40 years.
The last time something similar happened was in the early 1980s when AT&T was found to be gaining an illegal advantage over competitors in the fixed telephone business. In 1984, it was ordered to split its services into different companies.
source:gsmarena.com